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Story: Manawatū and Horowhenua region

Feilding saleyards

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Feilding saleyards

On at least one occasion in the first decade of the 20th century, more than 40,000 sheep were yarded in one day at these yards – a record which stood until 1937. The saleyards in Feilding remain the largest in New Zealand.

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Malcolm McKinnon, Manawatū and Horowhenua region – Heyday: 1910s to 1960s, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/9488/feilding-saleyards (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Malcolm McKinnon, published 2 March 2009, updated 1 April 2015.